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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through How I Went On.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was mother's table always covered in?
(a) Scarves.
(b) Alcohol bottles.
(c) A layer of powder.
(d) Dust.

2. What did Goolrick give a speech about at graduation?
(a) University life in the seventies.
(b) University life in the eighties.
(c) University life in the nineties.
(d) University life in the sixties.

3. What did Goolrick's parents never buy for him?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A new pair of shoes.
(c) A new suit.
(d) A car.

4. How did Goolrick's mother use to pay for movies?
(a) She would sell drugs.
(b) She would sell poems.
(c) She would ask her husband for money.
(d) She would charge it.

5. What did each person have to do each morning in the hospital?
(a) Feed the birds.
(b) Run a mile.
(c) Take a shower.
(d) Get dressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Goolrick and his brother and sister know about the cocktail parties?

2. What was the result of their game?

3. What does Goolrick note men and women had in his childhood?

4. What hors d'oeuvres did Goolrick make the adults?

5. When Goolrick was hospitalized, what did his aunt think caused his breakdown?

(see the answer key)

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